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IDProjectCategoryView StatusLast Update
0003208ScribusGeneralpublic2006-04-26 19:30
Reporterchristoph_s Assigned Tocbradney  
PrioritynormalSeverityfeatureReproducibilityalways
Status closedResolutionfixed 
PlatformallOSallOS Versionall
Product Version1.3 
Fixed in Version1.3.4cvs 
Summary0003208: Add an option to disable the splash screen in preferences
DescriptionDespite of the speed improvements, scribus can still take some time to start, even on fast computers. During startup, the splash screen is always shown on top of evrything. It would be nice to disable the splash screen in the prefs and let scribus start in the background.
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has duplicate 0005436 closed Make startup splash screen not always on top 

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jo-hannes

2006-02-10 00:31

developer   ~0008680

you can already hide it temporarily by just clicking on it.

christoph_s

2006-02-10 00:36

administrator   ~0008681

Yes, but it would be nice to get rid of it completely. It is annoying to click just to read your email ;)

subik

2006-02-20 12:45

manager   ~0008826

--no-splash

christoph_s

2006-02-20 15:48

administrator   ~0008833

I did know about the --nosplash option, but a checkbox in the preferences, either under "General" or "Misc.", would be nice.

cbradney

2006-02-20 20:09

administrator   ~0008836

As you will notice, one of the messages that shows on the splash is "Reading Preferences". Until some major work would be done to rearrange the order of the startup process, having an option could only hide it once preferences are read. The command line option has a purpose, please put it in your script or in the settings for the icon you start Scribus with.

mhanski

2006-04-24 13:42

developer   ~0010409

cbradney: is it a won't fix, or acknowledged for later implemantation?

cbradney

2006-04-24 15:00

administrator   ~0010420

No idea.. I'm not yet convinced about actually reading the preferences before showing the splash screen. Its almost a wont fix... but not yet.

mhanski

2006-04-24 15:13

developer   ~0010422

this is probably a very stupid proposal, but wouldn't there be a way to save this --no-splash option into ~.scribus/no_splash instead into the prefs after the user has disabled the splash screen in the File/Preferences, and make scribus use this file on launch?

cbradney

2006-04-24 15:36

administrator   ~0010424

Sure, could be done... might try that tonight

cbradney

2006-04-26 12:46

administrator   ~0010475

Add in --never-splash/-nns cmd line option which writes ~/.scribus/.neversplash. On startup if this file exists, the splash will not be shown.

mhanski

2006-04-26 15:09

developer   ~0010495

tested, works as described by cbradney, closing.

btw, it would be even more user friendly to add a checkbox into the preferences and let it do "touch ~/.scribus/.neversplash" respectively "rm ~/.scribus/.neversplash", but I guess there are those windows guys which don't have touch and rm :)

Christoph, leaving it to you, if you want to reopen it, otherwise we can write some nice FAQ on the wiki, right?

cbradney

2006-04-26 15:38

administrator   ~0010496

Maybe I'll do that too, however I never used "touch".. just open for writing and close :).

cbradney

2006-04-26 16:03

administrator   ~0010498

Ok.. try now.. gui prefs, still uses the file, not stored "in prefs".

mhanski

2006-04-26 17:56

developer   ~0010501

tested again, the checkbox works very fine, it's very user friendly now :)

thx craig

Issue History

Date Modified Username Field Change
2006-02-09 23:48 christoph_s New Issue
2006-02-10 00:31 jo-hannes Note Added: 0008680
2006-02-10 00:36 christoph_s Note Added: 0008681
2006-02-20 12:45 subik Note Added: 0008826
2006-02-20 15:48 christoph_s Note Added: 0008833
2006-02-20 20:09 cbradney Note Added: 0008836
2006-04-10 08:54 mhanski Severity minor => feature
2006-04-24 13:41 mhanski Product Version 1.3.3cvs => 1.3
2006-04-24 13:42 mhanski Note Added: 0010409
2006-04-24 15:00 cbradney Note Added: 0010420
2006-04-24 15:13 mhanski Note Added: 0010422
2006-04-24 15:36 cbradney Note Added: 0010424
2006-04-25 21:56 mhanski Status new => feedback
2006-04-26 12:44 cbradney Status feedback => assigned
2006-04-26 12:44 cbradney Assigned To => cbradney
2006-04-26 12:46 cbradney Status assigned => resolved
2006-04-26 12:46 cbradney Fixed in Version => 1.3.4cvs
2006-04-26 12:46 cbradney Resolution open => fixed
2006-04-26 12:46 cbradney Note Added: 0010475
2006-04-26 15:09 mhanski Status resolved => closed
2006-04-26 15:09 mhanski Note Added: 0010495
2006-04-26 15:38 cbradney Note Added: 0010496
2006-04-26 16:03 cbradney Note Added: 0010498
2006-04-26 17:56 mhanski Status closed => feedback
2006-04-26 17:56 mhanski Resolution fixed => reopened
2006-04-26 17:56 mhanski Note Added: 0010501
2006-04-26 17:57 mhanski Status feedback => resolved
2006-04-26 19:30 cbradney Status resolved => closed
2006-04-26 19:30 cbradney Resolution reopened => fixed
2007-03-09 17:40 christoph_s Relationship added has duplicate 0005436